George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Ziegfeld Theatre performance programs
Ziegfeld Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.)
C0391
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.01 Linear Feet
4 programs
1927-1928
Content warning: Two of these programs contain an image of blackface.
Four Ziegfeld Theatre weekly performance programs, for the weeks of May 30, 1927, June 13, 1927, September 3, 1928, and September 17, 1928, respectively. The first two and latter two share a cover design, though the contents vary. All programs highlight the weekly shows to be held at the Ziegfeld Theatre, including the musical Rio Rita, a minstrel performance by Eddie Cantor, and the musical Show Boat.
R 72, C 3, S 4
English
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.
Preferred Citation
Ziegfeld Theatre performance programs, C0391, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donor unknown.
Processing Information
Processing and finding aid completed by Amanda Brent in July 2022.
Historical Information
The Ziegfeld Theatre opened in New York City in February 1927. Named after the entertainment empresario Florenz Ziegfeld, the theatre was built with financial backing from newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. The theatre held a number of productions, mostly famously serving as the home for the hit musical
Show Boat, which ran for over 500 performances. The theatre went through many changes over the years, eventually becoming a movie house, but then returning to live theatre in 1944. In 1955 the theatre transformed yet again into a television studio. The Ziegfeld Theatre permanently closed and was destroyed in 1967.
Scope and Content
Content warning: Two of these programs contain an image of blackface.
Four Ziegfeld Theatre weekly performance programs, for the weeks of May 30, 1927, June 13, 1927, September 3, 1928, and September 17, 1928, respectively. The first two and latter two share a cover design, though the contents vary. All programs highlight the weekly shows to be held at the Ziegfeld Theatre, including the musical
Rio Rita, a minstrel performance by Eddie Cantor, and the musical Show Boat. The programs also include advertisements for a variety of goods and services. Two contains inserts for a performance of The Parson's Bride at the Cotton Blossom Floating Palace Theatre.
Related Materials
The Special Collections Research Center holds many other materials on the performing arts and Broadway during the 1920s, including the , the , and the .
Arrangement
The programs are arranged chronologically.
Bibliography
Michaud, Jon. "The Many Lives of the Ziegfeld Theatre[.]" The New Yorker, July 10, 2012. Accessed July 13, 2022. https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/the-many-lives-of-the-ziegfeld-theatre.
"Ziegfeld Theatre[.]" Internet Broadway Database. Accessed July 13, 2022. https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/ziegfeld-theatre-1393.
Performance art
Theater
Ziegfeld follies